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Baramita health post being upgraded to cottage hospital

Nov 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Baramita health post being upgraded to cottage hospital

Residents of Baramita and surrounding communities will soon benefit from an upgrade of the Baramita health post, which is located next door to the Baramita Primary School alongside the village’s...

Confessed wife killer, Haydock Baxter, to serve full jail term …as Appeal Court upholds 20-year sentence

Nov 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Confessed wife killer, Haydock Baxter, to serve full jail term …as Appeal Court upholds 20-year sentence

By Feona Morrison Fifty-seven year-old Haydock Baxter, who admitted to fatally stabbing his wife in 2006, will have to serve the 20-year jail sentence imposed on him for the crime by former High...

Barbadian Justice Burgess to fill the position of CCJ judge in 2019

Nov 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Barbadian Justice Burgess to fill the position of CCJ judge in 2019

Justice Andrew Burgess, who is currently a Judge in the Barbados Court of Appeal, is expected to fill the position of a judge in the Caribbean Court of Justice, Port of Spain, Trinidad, in 2019. This...

Eureka! Eureka! Stabroek News discovers the death of Guyana

Nov 27, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Eureka! Eureka! Stabroek News discovers the death of Guyana

On Friday, I got stuck in really horrible traffic that was created by the unadulterated asininity of the Ministry of Public Infrastructure (see my Sunday last column). I normally read the print...

Bertram Collins cadets urged to perform duties with integrity

Nov 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Bertram Collins cadets urged to perform duties with integrity

Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo during a guest lecture yesterday morning at the Bertram Collins College of the Public Service (BCCPS) at Ogle, East Coast Demerara, asserted that public servants must...

Prosecution to reply to no-case submission in ‘fake kidnapping’ trial

Nov 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Prosecution to reply to no-case submission in ‘fake kidnapping’ trial

Senior Counsel Bernard DeSantos who is representing Sawak Maraj, the Trinidadian national who allegedly faked his own kidnapping, yesterday made a no-case submission when the matter continued....

An attack on Anil Nandlall’s chance at being Presidential candidate

Nov 27, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on An attack on Anil Nandlall’s chance at being Presidential candidate

Dear Editor, There is a clearly orchestrated strategy being pursued to degut the PPP of its most popular leaders for the 2020 elections. It must be clear to all that apart from Bharrat Jagdeo, Anil...

Campaigning for 2020 has begun

Nov 27, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Campaigning for 2020 has begun

Dear Editor, Campaigning for General Elections due in 2020 has begun in earnest and with it the attempts at character assassination that have become part of the parcel. The ‘go-to’ claim is...

Using land for purposes other than intended

Nov 27, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Using land for purposes other than intended

Editor, Would You Believe It! The villagers of Ann’s Grove /Two Friends are perplexed and bereaved. They are in a huge struggle to bury their loved ones. This is because of greed, wickedness,...

What really happened at Mabaruma

Nov 27, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on What really happened at Mabaruma

Dear Editor, I have a contribution to clear up a few deliberately grey areas in Ms. Shaddick’s letter in the Stabroek News of November 24. This concerns the Mabaruma LGE results. Ms Shaddick...

The LGE says PPP will win any election

Nov 27, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The LGE says PPP will win any election

Editor, The “official results” of The 2018 Local Government Elections are out and I shall attempt an in depth analysis of those results. The results show The PPP/C garnering 122,307...

All is not well at Republic Bank

Nov 27, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on All is not well at Republic Bank

Dear Editor, ‘We’re the one for you’. We hear it on the airwaves, we see on social media and advertisement boards all across Guyana. Even the smallest child can recite it, but dare I say, the...

Respect for Muslims by three newspapers

Nov 27, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Respect for Muslims by three newspapers

Dear Editor, I wish to express my profound gratitude and sincere thanks on behalf of the Muslims of Guyana whose population is approximately seventy five thousand, for the courtesy extended by your...

The world, built by China

Nov 27, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The world, built by China

(Republished from The New York Times) Seven dams generate almost half of Cambodia’s electricity. China built and paid for all of them. Sri Lanka borrowed more than $1 billion from China for a...

Govt. will allow Bar Association, Media, Transparency Int’l on oversight committee for oil money

Nov 26, 2018 KNews ExxonMobil, News Comments Off on Govt. will allow Bar Association, Media, Transparency Int’l on oversight committee for oil money

By Kiana Wilburg The Natural Resource Fund Bill which was recently tabled in the National Assembly by Finance Minister, Winston Jordan, paves the way for the creation of a “Public...

Exxon will work with Govt. on review of Development Plan

Nov 26, 2018 KNews ExxonMobil, News Comments Off on Exxon will work with Govt. on review of Development Plan

…Liza Phase 2 will be on track – PRO says By Kiana Wilburg Although the coalition Government has taken a decision to increase its scrutiny of ExxonMobil’s Field Development Plans...

Ignoring Public Service Advice…Ministry of Presidency pays out almost $1.B to contract employees – AG report

Nov 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Ignoring Public Service Advice…Ministry of Presidency pays out almost $1.B to contract employees – AG report

Despite recommendations of the Public Service Commission (PSC) to minimize the number of staff employed on a contractual basis, the Ministry of Presidency last year, expended over $969 M on payment...

$73.1M advance payment made last year for construction of Health Ministry building

Nov 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on $73.1M advance payment made last year for construction of Health Ministry building

– contractor now driving piles Discrepancies in payments to contractors were some of the troubling issues highlighted in the auditor general’s report for 2017. Auditor General Deodat Sharma...

Northwest cargo boat sinks, millions in goods lost

Nov 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Northwest cargo boat sinks, millions in goods lost

Several passengers on the cargo boat the MV Shivita II escaped unhurt after the Northwest-bound vessel sank in the vicinity of the Waini River early yesterday. The vessel was transporting goods from...

Police band members steal model planes during Air Transport cocktail

Nov 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Police band members steal model planes during Air Transport cocktail

First there were the firefighters accused of stealing passengers’ items. Now, the Guyana Police Force appears to be facing a similar scandal. Kaieteur News understands that the Guyana Police...

Members of US Congress disagree with Trump on Khashoggi murder

Nov 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Members of US Congress disagree with Trump on Khashoggi murder

ALJAZEERA – Adam Schiff, a Democratic senator who is set to lead the House intelligence committee when the US Congress returns in January, has accused President Donald Trump of not...

De Maldives owe China nuff nuff money. How much we owe dem Jagdeo?

Nov 26, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on De Maldives owe China nuff nuff money. How much we owe dem Jagdeo?

An advice to all brothers. Marry a woman that can cook; love may die, beauty will fade but hunger is constant. De new govt of de Maldives come to power one week now and de president holding he head...

New JSC board should be given active consideration – retired judge

Nov 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on New JSC board should be given active consideration – retired judge

It‘s been over a year since the life of the Judicial Service Commission, (JSC) has expired. The JSC is the only body which is mandated by the constitution to make recommendations to fill vacancies...

President Granger’s public engagements reduced

Nov 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on President Granger’s public engagements reduced

– as he continues treatment for Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma President David Granger, consistent with advice from his team of specialist doctors at the Centro de Investigaciones Medico...

58th National School championships opened

Nov 26, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on 58th National School championships opened

Williams and Tyrell reset 10k records “The pinnacle of the schools’ sporting calendar”, as described by Minister of Education, Nicolette Henry who declared the 58th National Schools Swimming,...

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Millington lads Guyana’s historic 1-2 finish in 100m at South...

Apr 24, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – Guyana’s sprinting future announced itself in emphatic fashion on the track in South American Youth Games 2026, as Ezekiel Millington powered to gold in the boys’ 100m final...

Do the right thing!

Apr 24, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – For years, we have called May 5, “Arrival Day.” It is a name that sounds inclusive but, in reality, obscures more than it reveals. It is time to end the confusion and call the day what it was always intended to be: Indian Arrival Day. In 2003, during the tenure of the...

Resolving CARICOM’s Leadership Impasse

Apr 19, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) –As with all my commentaries, this one is strictly in my personal capacity, drawing on more than fifty years of engagement with Caribbean affairs and a lifelong commitment to the cause of regional integration. I do not speak on behalf of any government or...

Never has any single company

Apr 24, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – “Never has any single company…” in a single country beaten almost every single citizen into a state of paralysis. Frankly, I’m disappointed in Chartered Accountant, Attorney-at-Law (and civil society advocate), Chris Ram. Aside: does this chap ever sleep? Mr....

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